“bless each door that opens wide”: how living in 1960s Los Angeles heightened Joan Didion’s anxiety

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live”

I think a lot of writers, Didion included, write in order to make sense of things…

Why we tell stories (and other impressions from Didion’s “White Album”)

Why do we tell stories? A high school English teacher might explain that stories are how human beings communicate with each other and share their feelings and ideas. We’ve told stories around the campfire…

• The Princess and The Frog

In a world where people seem to be separated by time, experience and culture, it seems as though stories are one of the few ways…

Blog Post #1

When Joan Didion said “we tell ourselves stories in order to live,” I’m afraid that she…